Rainy River walleyes

Last week my Dad and I had one of the best days of fishing either of us has ever had when we hit the Rainy River to film a segment for season two of Fishing with Gussy.  We pulled up to our spot, put the Talon down on a sandbar and did not move the boat until we went home!  In all, we lost count of how many fish we caught, but the number was high.  The most incredible thing is that most of these fish were in the 24-27 inch range.  

Jim Gustafson with a big walleye from the Rainy River.  Caught on his favourite - the "Northland Whistler Jig" tipped with a shiner.

I got a nice fish on a Northland Rattlin' Fireball Jig, also tipped with a shiner.  While we could have caught fish on Impulse and Trigger X soft plastic minnows, sometimes its fun to use the real thing!  Throughout the rest of the season I will use plastic more than I will use bait and I'll catch plenty of fish.  

This was the biggest fish of the day - a 30" plus fish that was likely in the 10 pound range.  

If you are going to fish the Rainy River, you need to get one of the LakeMaster "WOODS/RAINY" chips.  Not only do you have high detail mapping of Rainy Lake and the lower half of Lake of the Woods, you get all of the Rainy River in great detail, to reveal navigational hazards and good fishing spots.